Dell Extends Focus On Internet Infrastructure Market; Internet Partner Division Targets Significant Piece of $180 Billion Opportunity.

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ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000

Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL), a world leader in Internet commerce and integration, today launched the first in a series of initiatives as part of its overall plan to be the premier provider of Internet infrastructure.

These initiatives will focus on providing customers the products, services and direct relationships to facilitate their individual Internet initiatives.

&uot;Dell has built a wealth of Web and e-business expertise, integrating its own operations using the Internet,&uot; said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO, Dell Computer Corporation. &uot;Dell hosts the world's largest e-commerce Web site on Dell PowerEdge servers and PowerVault storage, which generates $35 million a day in revenue and leads in offering direct online service and support. We are taking steps to share this knowledge and capability with our customers to deliver them the infrastructure for the new Internet economy.&uot;

Dell's new Internet Partner Division, introduced today, will leverage Dell's years of expertise as an e-business pioneer to provide customers the servers, storage and services to build, expand or enhance their own Internet infrastructures and capabilities.

Internet data center customers, which include Web hosters, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Application Service Providers (ASPs), will especially benefit from this new, focused Dell business unit. Dell estimates that the size of the Internet infrastructure market for server and storage hardware could be as large as $180 billion during the next six years.

Announcements of additional initiatives to enhance Dell's capabilities as the leading Internet infrastructure provider will follow in the next several weeks and months.

Dell is the world's No. 2 PC server provider(a) and has sold PowerEdge(tm) server and PowerVault(tm) storage products to companies such as Fast Search &Transfer ASA (FAST) and Interliant.

Dell has teamed with FAST to build the world's largest Internet search engine.

&uot;FAST uses 325 Dell PowerEdge servers, which is the largest collection of Dell servers running a single application, and stores 40 terabytes of data on PowerVault storage systems,&uot; said Thomas Fussell, chairman of Fast Search &Transfer ASA. &uot;Dell has proven to be an excellent Internet partner and has helped us to build the world's biggest search engine with the capability of searching 300 million documents in less than one half second.&uot;

Interliant, a pioneer in the ASP market and leader in the Web hosting arena, runs on Dell servers and storage.

&uot;We selected Dell based on their ability to deliver scalable, rack dense servers and storage,&uot; said David Owczarek, Interliant vice president of engineering. &uot;Dell understands the unique needs of our business and built a customized support solution which works.&uot;

&uot;Dell's Internet Partner Division will share its e-business expertise with leading ISPs and ASPs and Internet data center hosters to provide our customers competitive advantages in best practices, time to market, reliability, support and scaling,&uot; said Judi L. Webster, vice president and general manager of the new Dell business unit. &uot;Dell's Internet Partner Division will focus on enabling our customers to achieve their specific goals, using the velocity and efficiency of the Dell direct model.&uot;

Customers in the United States interested in learning more about Dell's Internet Partner Division can visit Dell's Web site at www.dell.com/IPD.

Ranked No. 78 among the Fortune 500 companies and No. 210 in the Fortune Global 500, Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $23.6 billion for the past four quarters. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained through its toll-free number 800/388-8542 or by accessing the Dell World Wide Web site at www.dell.com.

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